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8 months ago

Africa Opinion

Only leaders, who first have peace with God, can lead Ghana to experience peace and prosperity

By Jude Hama

We can have peace with God. This is the key message of Easter. Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection makes it possible for us to have a right relationship with God. A right relationship with God ends the spiritual and other wars raging within us, and causes the turmoil in the environment around us to cease.
8 months ago

Asia Opinion

Chinese Pastor John Cao's first-hand testimony upon his release after serving seven years in prison for his faith

By China Aid Association

Pastor John Cao from Hunan, who was imprisoned for seven years in Yunnan, China, was released on March 4, 2024. He was escorted from Kunming, Yunnan province, to Changsha, Hunan province, by four police officers.
8 months ago

Europe Opinion

How extreme are you? Interpreting the UK's proposed extremism definition

By Jo Frost

Scandals regarding racism, antisemitism and anti-Muslim rhetoric flood social media and column inches, as protests turn bloody and ripples of war reach our shores. As a result the challenge of protecting UK citizens whilst safeguarding fundamental human rights like freedom of assembly, speech and belief intensifies.
8 months ago

Asia Opinion

Christianity in post-pandemic China: navigating the shifting landscape

By Lydia Law

In the broader public discourse, there is a prevalent tendency to focus on house churches or unregistered churches, which capture the limelight in media discussions. However, it is imperative to broaden our perspective and not disregard the significance of official churches or registered churches. According to official statistics, these churches command a substantial membership, exceeding 46 million individuals.
8 months ago

Africa Opinion

Of rogue preachers and misleading theologies: Is it time to regulate the Church?

By David Tarus

It reads like a horror story, and most of it is quite unbelievable that it can, let alone that it did, happen. The story of Paul Nthenge Mackenzie of the Good News International Church is a tragic event in Kenya’s recent history.
8 months ago

Latin America Opinion Family & Children

Brazil’s new National Education Plan is a real threat for parental rights

By Julio Pohl and Alexandre Magno Fernandes Moreira

Estimates show that parents of over 70,000 children in Brazil have chosen to homeschool their children—a right that is protected and enshrined in international law. While the decision whether or not to homeschool should be left to the child’s parents, in Brazil, that is no longer the case.
9 months ago

Middle East Opinion

I have seen the raw footage of the October 7 attack - this is what I pray for

By Opinion Contributor

I recently attended a screening of raw footage of the October 7th, 2023, attacks in Israel. It was a spontaneous decision – the queue to get in was long, and I quietly prayed that if I got in, God would help me use it to potentially contribute a meaningful voice to the highly polarized and emotionally charged global debates – including among Christians – on what could possibly bring an end to the war and suffering in the Holy Land.
9 months ago

Europe Opinion

How Long, O Lord?

By Jeff Fountain

Few of us imagined that the Ukrainian resistance would last long against the feared might of the Russian army. Memories were stirred of the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940 when the vastly outnumbered Dutch army resisted for four days before surrendering on May 14, immediately after Hitler’s ruthless blitzkrieg destroyed the historic heart of Rotterdam.
9 months ago

Asia Opinion

Pain of a different sort: unintended side-effects of short-term medical missions

By Jean Johnson

During my sixteen years as a missionary in Cambodia, I participated in a couple of short-term medical clinics and observed many. I would be the first to say that seeing a person in pain who is made well by the medicine and care I bring is fulfilling. And if that is all I am after, then it is also praiseworthy.
9 months ago

Europe Opinion

The sledgehammer of truth

By Jeff Fountain

While praying for Ukraine this week in a zoom connection with YWAM colleagues, I remembered a story once told by the late Argentinian-born evangelist Luis Palau.
10 months ago

Oceania Opinion

Nil by force: a word on militaristic tropes in missions

By Jay Mātenga

I think missions influencers resort to militaristic tropes because, when it comes to the sharing of our faith, whether local or cross-cultural, we have a motivational problem. To get more believers ‘committed’ to evangelism, ministry, and missions, influencers too easily twist Scripture to promote a militant activism, casting the ‘great unwashed’, ‘pagan’, or ‘heathen’ as ignorant slaves of our enemy (sin, the powers of darkness, and the Devil) needing to be rescued (by force, if necessary, e.g.

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Syncretism, pluralism, New Apostolic Reformation: Korean church groups ask WEA to clarify its stance before holding its next GA in Seoul

Asia Church & Missions

6 days ago

Even before the WEA officially announced its next General Assembly in Seoul, Korea from October 27-31, 2025, news of the plans has been met with criticisms by Korean church groups who called for the preparations to be put on hold until their concerns about certain WEA leaders and the organization’s theological views are addressed. While the two first statements focused primarily on questions around pluralism and syncretism due to WEA’s engagement with Catholics, ecumenical and Muslim groups, the
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Only leaders, who first have peace with God, can lead Ghana to experience peace and prosperity

Chinese Pastor John Cao's first-hand testimony upon his release after serving seven years in prison for his faith

How extreme are you? Interpreting the UK's proposed extremism definition

Christianity in post-pandemic China: navigating the shifting landscape

Of rogue preachers and misleading theologies: Is it time to regulate the Church?

Brazil’s new National Education Plan is a real threat for parental rights

I have seen the raw footage of the October 7 attack - this is what I pray for

How Long, O Lord?

Pain of a different sort: unintended side-effects of short-term medical missions

The sledgehammer of truth

Nil by force: a word on militaristic tropes in missions

Most Popular

Syncretism, pluralism, New Apostolic Reformation: Korean church groups ask WEA to clarify its stance before holding its next GA in Seoul

WEA General Assembly Organizing Committee launched with thanksgiving service and press conference in Seoul, Korea

Young Christian woman seeks justice after rape in Pakistan

Burn out, stress and family care: 350 missionaries gather in Kenya to share lessons and solutions

Christian publishing professionals gather for MAI LittWorld 2024: 'next generation eager to be equipped to share words of hope'

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